The narial musculature of Alligator mississippiensis: Can a muscle be its own antagonist?

abstract：:We provide a detailed description of the larval morphology of the Great Basin spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus intermontanus), a species with documented morphological variability in larval structures associated with feeding. We based our findings on laboratory-raised individuals fed a herbivorous diet. We characterized the ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Hall JA,Larsen JH Jr,Fitzner RE

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six locomotory muscles of wild common coots, Fulica atra, were analyzed histochemically. Capillarity and fiber-type distributions were correlated to the functional implications and physiological needs of each muscle. Leg muscles exhibit three unevenly distributed fiber types, a pattern that reflects the great variety ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Torrella JR,Fouces V,Palomeque J,Viscor G

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hula Painted Frog (Latonia nigriventer) is a rare frog species endemic to the Hula Valley, Israel. The species is the sole relict of a clade that was widespread mainly in Europe from the Oligocene until the beginning of the Pleistocene. The osteological characteristics of L. nigriventer are described based on X-ra...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Biton R,Boistel R,Rabinovich R,Gafny S,Brumfeld V,Bailon S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The orientation of the semicircular canals of the inner ear in the skull of vertebrates is one of the determinants of the capacity of this system to detect a given rotational movement of the head. Past functional studies on the spatial orientation of the semicircular canals essentially focused on the lateral semicircu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Coutier F,Hautier L,Cornette R,Amson E,Billet G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproduction was studied in a South Carolina population of the paedomorphic salamander Siren intermedia with emphasis on anatomy of the female oviduct. The oviduct forms 67-79% of the snout-vent length in this elongate species and can be divided into three portions. The atrium, 7-13% of oviducal length, is the narrow ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Sever DM,Rania LC,Krenz JD

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plainfin midshipman fish Porichthys notatus has both inter- and intra-sexual dimorphism in the sound-producing (vocal or sonic) muscles attached to the swimbladder wall. The "Type I" and "Type II" male morphs differ in that dramatic structural changes related to sexual maturity occur in the mass, the area of mitoc...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Brantley RK,Marchaterre MA,Bass AH

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies of squamate epidermal structure have focused on either histology and ultrastructure or oberhautchen surface texture as revealed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Using SEM data drawn from a variety of lizard taxa (primarily iguanids, but also agamids, chamaeleonids, and scincids), as well as amph...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Irish FJ,Williams EE,Seling E

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of echinoid microscopic anatomy over the last two centuries have created a number of inaccuracies and mistakes that have accumulated in the descriptions of the intricate organization of the coelomic system of Echinoidea. To clarify the situation, we reconstructed the axial complex and radial complex of the ech...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ezhova OV,Malakhov VV,Egorova EA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During epidermal differentiation in mammals, keratins and keratin-associated matrix proteins rich in histidine are synthesized to produce a corneous layer. Little is known about interkeratin proteins in nonmammalian vertebrates, especially in reptiles. Using ultrastructural autoradiography after injection of tritiated...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Alibardi L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory epithelia of the oral tube, a fungiform body anterior to the tentacles and of the terminal knob of tentacles, were studied in Ovatella myosotis by electron microscopy. All three epithelia consist of columnar support cells, sensory cells, and, except in the oral tube, numerous goblet cells. The epithelia differ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Wondrak G

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study details the gross and microscopic anatomy of the pelvic kidney in male Ambystoma maculatum. The nephron of male Ambystoma maculatum is divided into six distinct regions leading sequentially away from a renal corpuscle: (1) neck segment, which communicates with the coelomic cavity via a ventrally positioned ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Siegel DS,Sever DM,Aldridge RD

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ovarian follicle of Drosophila consists of an oocyte, 15 nurse cells, and hundreds of follicular epithelial cells. A freeze-fracture analysis of the surfaces between glutaraldehyde-fixed ovarian cells showed that all three cell types were interconnected by gap junctions. This is the first report of gap junctions be...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Giorgi F,Postlethwait JH

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate and possible roles of the cytoskeleton in the process of conjugation in the hyptrich ciliate Euplotes aediculatus were investigated. Following the coalescence of the plasma membranes of the conjugant cells, a fusion zone or bridge of cytoplasm contributed by both partners is constructed. The sub-alveolar micr...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Geyer JJ,Kloetzel JA

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the morphologic features of neurons in the anterior dorsal ventricular ridge (ADVR) has been followed in Golgi preparations from the lizard Gallotia galloti between embryonic stage 32 and post-eclosion stages of specimens 3.6-4.5 cm in length. The differentiation sequence of multipolar and bitufted ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Díaz C,Yanes C,Medina L,Trujillo CM,Monzón M,Puelles L

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While knowledge of the reproductive biology of tropical scleractinian corals is extensive, information from temperate zones is limited. The aim of this study is to describe the reproductive biology of Caryophyllia inornata, a temperate species, and to increase the understanding of the reproductive strategies of Medite...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Goffredo S,Marchini C,Rocchi M,Airi V,Caroselli E,Falini G,Levy O,Dubinsky Z,Zaccanti F

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In uloborid spiders, eye loss is accompanied by increased visual angles, optical material investment, and potential visual acuity of the retained eyes. Relative to carapace volume, the six-eyed Hyptiotes cavatus and two four-eyed Miagrammopes species have greater retinal hemisphere areas and lens volumes than do the e...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Opell BD

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:South American Pipidae show a unique reproductive mode, in which the fertilized eggs develop in temporarily formed brood chambers of the dorsal skin after eggs have been deposited on the back of the female. We studied the skin incubation of Pipa carvalhoi using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The sk...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Greven H,Richter S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphologists and systematists have long suspected that dietary consistency can affect skull and dental form in mammals. We examined plasticity of skull shape and tooth morphology in prairie deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) by feeding mice diets that differed in consistency but not nutritional quality. Shape...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Myers P,Lundrigan BL,Gillespie BW,Zelditch ML

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of dying cells in the optic stalk in relation to retinal fiber migration was investigated in the chick embryo. Cell death was analysed at various stages of development by counting pycnotic nuclei and also by the Gomori acid phosphatase reaction, while nerve fibers were visualised by the Bodian method. A wave ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Ulshafer RJ,Clavert A

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early spermatids of the onychophoran Peripatopsis capensis are spherical cells with a centrally located nucleus, numerous mitochondria, Golgi complexes, microtubules and two centrioles. During spermiogenesis, Golgi vesicles migrate to one side of the cell where they form a tight aggregate, which is later shed. The mat...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Camatini M,Franchi E,Saita A

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scleractinian corals begin their biomineralization process shortly after larval settlement with the formation of calcium carbonate (CaCO(3)) structures at the interface between the larval tissues and the substrate. The newly settled larvae exert variable degrees of control over this skeleton formation, providing an op...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Gilis M,Meibom A,Alexander D,Grauby O,Stolarski J,Baronnet A

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Confocal imaging of Fluo-4, Propidium iodide, and di-8-Anepps loaded ureter were used to study the morphology of terminal arterioles with an inner diameter <50 μm in intact rat ureter. Optical sectioning showed that the muscle coat of the terminal arterioles consisted of a monolayer of highly curved smooth muscle cell...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mumtaz S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphology and probable evolution of the depressor muscles of the lower jaw, innervated by the seventh cranial nerve (VII;M. Ceratomandibularis, M. Depressor Mandibulae), in larval, neotenic, and metamorphosed Urodela were investigated. Observations on innervation and skeletal connections of the muscles were inclu...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Bauer WJ

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Antarctic snailfish Paraliparis devriesi (Liparididae) occupies an epibenthic habitat at a depth of 500-650 m in the subzero waters of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Although lacking a swim bladder, this species is neutrally buoyant through the combined effects of reduced skeletal ossification and expansion of a water...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Eastman JT,Hikida RS,Devries AL

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gross and histological examination of all extant families of turtles revealed that the buccopharyngeal mucosa is morphologically highly varied. The tongues of aquatic species have small lingual papillae or lack them entirely, while terrestrial species have tongues with numerous glandular papillae. The pharynx and the ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Winokur RM

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feeding mechanisms of two labrid fishes (Cheilinus chlorurus and C. diagrammus: Labridae: Perciformes) are modeled using four-bar linkage theory from mechanical engineering. The actions of the feeding mechanisms are simulated by a computer program that uses morphometric data to calculate the geometry of mechanism ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Westneat MW

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phylogenetic survey is a powerful approach for investigating the evolutionary history of a morphological characteristic that has evolved numerous times without obvious functional implications. Restricted gill openings, an extreme modification of the branchiostegal membrane, are an example of such a characteristic. W...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Farina SC,Near TJ,Bemis WE

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Larval and juvenile air breathing fish may experience nocturnal and/or seasonal aquatic hypoxia. Yet, whether hypoxia induces respiratory developmental plasticity in larval air breathing fish is uncertain. This study predicted that larvae of two closely related anabantid fish-the facultative air breather the Siamese f...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Mendez-Sanchez JF,Burggren WW

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymmetrical monorchy, or the complete absence of one testis coupled with the presence of its bilateral counterpart, is reported for 174 species of the carabid beetle tribes Abacetini, Harpalini, and Platynini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) based on a survey of over 820 species from throughout the family. This condi...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Will KW,Liebherr JK,Maddison DR,Galián J

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External features of the egg, developing embryo, and first instar nymph of Kamimuria tibialis are described. The embryonic development from the germ disc to the full-grown embryo is divided into 12 stages. The saclike embryonic rudiment is formed by the bending and folding of the germ disc. The embryo first elongates ...

journal_title：Journal of morphology

authors： Kishimoto T,Ando H

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00